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FINTECH

Finance operations for FinTech companies entering the U.S.

Every payment flow needs accounting behind it

FinTech companies often move money through processors, platforms, wallets, partners, and customer accounts. We help align transaction data, revenue reporting, fees, payouts, and reconciliations with the U.S. books.

What we cover

The finance layers FinTech companies need to control early

Why FinTech is Different

FinTech accounting has to follow the money.

FinTech companies are often built around flows: customer funds, platform fees, interchange, subscriptions, payouts, reserves, refunds, processors, and partners. If the accounting system does not track how money actually moves, financial statements can become disconnected from the business.

For international FinTech companies entering the U.S., the finance setup also needs to support investors, hiring, state exposure, parent-company reporting, and growth across a regulated, state-sensitive market. Orbiss focuses on the tax, accounting, payroll, and reporting layer that gives leadership the clarity to scale.

Transactions Reconciliations Processor data, platform fees, refunds, payouts, reserves, and bank activity need to reconcile cleanly every month.
Reporting Investor Visibility FinTech investors expect clear reporting around revenue, cash, customer activity, unit economics, and operating spend.
Tax State Exposure Employees, customers, services, and platform activity can create U.S. tax and filing questions across multiple states.
Structure Cross-Border Groups U.S. subsidiaries need books and reporting that connect back to the foreign parent and global finance team.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

FinTech companies expanding into the U.S. need financial systems that can support transaction complexity, investor expectations, and multi-state growth.

  • FinTech companies should prioritize transaction reconciliations, revenue presentation, processor fees, customer activity reporting, cash controls, payroll, intercompany flows, and investor-ready reporting.

    Because money can move through multiple systems, the accounting process needs to connect platform data, bank activity, processor reports, billing data, and the general ledger.

  • FinTech companies often have high transaction volume and multiple data sources. Without disciplined reconciliations, fees, refunds, chargebacks, reserves, customer balances, and payouts can drift from the financial statements.

    Monthly reconciliations help leadership understand true revenue, margin, cash, and exposure.

  • Often, yes. Depending on the business model, a company may need to evaluate whether revenue should be presented gross or net of processing costs, partner payouts, or other amounts.

    The answer depends on the company’s role in the transaction, contract terms, control of the promised service, and how consideration flows through the platform.

  • Yes. Depending on the state and activity, exposure can arise through revenue, customers, employees, contractors, or economic nexus rules. FinTech companies serving customers across the U.S. should review state exposure early.

    This is especially important when hiring, launching new products, or moving from a pilot to recurring U.S. revenue.

  • A foreign parent company should expect U.S. reporting that shows revenue, transaction costs, payroll, cash, expenses, tax exposure, and intercompany activity clearly.

    The reporting should help the parent understand U.S. performance without forcing the finance team to rebuild the numbers manually every month.

  • We can help prepare the finance layer investors review: clean books, transaction reconciliations, revenue reporting, cash runway, payroll records, tax compliance, entity structure, intercompany support, and management reporting.

    The goal is to reduce avoidable questions before investors or diligence teams begin reviewing the company.

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